What bait to use to attract a fox

Joseph · Dec 28, 2016

Last Friday a large fox took two of my hens and was stalking the rest of the flock when I ran it off. This is while they were free ranging in my yard at 2 in the afternoon. There are 10+ acres of woods behind my house and the fox must have been lurking in the tree line.
I now want to eliminate this fox its friends and family.
I plan on using a box/cage trap because there are critters I don't want to accidentally kill. Is there a preferred bait for fox? I suppose chicken should work since that is what it chose to kill.

Goose Guy · Dec 28, 2016

I would think a gut pile should work well.

smokey · Dec 28, 2016

I like to wear skin-tight cutoff shorts, a sleeveless shirt(bonus points if you've also cut it up to show off the abbs), knee-high tube-socks, and a man-symbol necklace. Drink some johnny walker black, while peforming some kettle-bell exercises.... so she knows you're classy, but slightly savage. I've had lots of foxes come running with these simple tricks.

welder516 · Dec 28, 2016

Money and a fancy car ..................................

Joseph · Dec 28, 2016

smokey0118 said:
I like to wear skin-tight cutoff shorts, a sleeveless shirt(bonus points if you've also cut it up to show off the abbs), knee-high tube-socks, and a man-symbol necklace. Drink some johnny walker black, while peforming some kettle-bell exercises.... so she knows you're classy, but slightly savage. I've had lots of foxes come running with these simple tricks.

I actually tried that yesterday since it was warm outside. The hens were amused but the fox did not show up.

Semper Noctem · Dec 28, 2016

How about more hens?

smokey · Dec 28, 2016

Joseph said:
I actually tried that yesterday since it was warm outside. The hens were amused but the fox did not show up.

yes, you run the risk of attracting cougars instead of foxes too. Which isn't all that bad. Spend the night with a cougar and you may be sent home the next morning with a juice box and bagged lunch just out of habit.

Seagrave1963 · Dec 28, 2016

smokey0118 said:
I like to wear skin-tight cutoff shorts, a sleeveless shirt(bonus points if you've also cut it up to show off the abbs), knee-high tube-socks, and a man-symbol necklace. Drink some johnny walker black, while peforming some kettle-bell exercises.... so she knows you're classy, but slightly savage. I've had lots of foxes come running with these simple tricks.

Joseph said:
I actually tried that yesterday since it was warm outside. The hens were amused but the fox did not show up.

Hopefully, foxtrapper will show up and provide some guidance.

I have failed on many attempts to rid the various menaces to our flock and have resigned myself to accepting to losing a few hens each year to predators. Despite the sound of futility, I still enter into battle with the varmints undaunted

Joseph · Dec 28, 2016

Semper Noctem said:
How about more hens?

My hens have names and will not be used as bait.
I may try the gut pile idea once I whack a deer but in the mean time maybe I will use store bought chicken.

Joseph · Dec 28, 2016

Seagrave1963 said:
Hopefully, foxtrapper will show up and provide some guidance.

I have failed on many attempts to rid the various menaces to our flock and have resigned myself to accepting to losing a few hens each year to predators. Despite the sound of futility, I still enter into battle with the varmints undaunted

Yes, hopefully she can provide guidance.
I have had my small flock for almost two years and let them free range while I am home. This is the first loss to varmints.

Seagrave1963 · Dec 28, 2016

Joseph said:
Yes, hopefully she can provide guidance.
I have had my small flock for almost two years and let them free range while I am home. This is the first loss to varmints.

Good luck - I'll be watching the thread for some pointers. If you have raccoon problems, let me know. I was successful at "displacing" those rascals.

Chriss · Dec 28, 2016

smokey0118 said:
I like to wear skin-tight cutoff shorts, a sleeveless shirt(bonus points if you've also cut it up to show off the abbs), knee-high tube-socks, and a man-symbol necklace. Drink some johnny walker black, while peforming some kettle-bell exercises.... so she knows you're classy, but slightly savage. I've had lots of foxes come running with these simple tricks.

Beat me to the snarky answer...+100 internets for you

BigSteve57 · Dec 28, 2016

I have heard table scraps work very well.
E.g.: buy a chicken or turkey roaster and leave the leftover bones, neck etc... for the fox.

Melnic · Dec 28, 2016

Hasenpfeffer!

jtb81100 · Dec 28, 2016

Cheap canned catfood. Punch holes in the top with can opener or ice pick.

Mr. Ed · Dec 28, 2016

I've had success with chicken and rib bones from the Amish market in the Harbor Center. Picky eaters? At least they have good taste. :lol2:

1time · Dec 28, 2016

You have a better chance of asking the fox to move than you do getting one in a box trap. It's a leg trap or find a way to shoot it.

namrelio · Dec 28, 2016

If you can shoot in an area that you can light up, like outdoor flood lights, just put out scraps. Hot dogs work real well. Cut them up real small so he is in the light longer. If it is big pieces, he will grab it and go eat in the dark. Keep putting it out every night. Eventually he won't be afraid of the light. Then its payback time. Good luck.

stu929 · Dec 28, 2016

Oxygen tank and a big bank account?

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newmuzzleloader · Dec 28, 2016

1time said:
You have a better chance of asking the fox to move than you do getting one in a box trap. It's a leg trap or find a way to shoot it.

This.
I've lost so many birds over the yrs I've come to believe that free ranging is another way of saying 'feed the wildlife' I'm always starting new replacements, sometimes I get lucky n have a broody hen or two that'll raise a new batch for me before they get eaten. Living on a small family farm it's hard not to turn the birds loose to eat bugs n kick through horse apples looking for undigested grain.
I've tried using a 'havahart trap , even staking it down but the damn things always get out. The only way I've found to get them is a leg hold trap or shoot them from a tree stand or the barn window. I've used sardines as bait.

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